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Cook once, eat twice: Rukmini Iyer’s miso chilli chicken recipe

Roast chicken thighs with roasted squash, leeks and two punchy dressings

Rukmini Iyer13 Oct

Whale meat curry for dinner? Study of bygone seafood recipes shows how UK tastes have narrowed

Herring, flatfish and oysters are increasingly off the dining table, with just five fish species now dominating

Steven Morris13 Oct

The surprising benefits of food rationing

Letters: Among the hardships of the second world war, a restricted diet with little sugar did little harm, write Roger Wilkinson and Helen Keats; plus a letter from Jane Robbins

12 Oct

Gurdeep Loyal’s quick and easy recipe for Turkish lamb and hot pepper paccheri

A spicy Turkish dish with big flavours and big pasta, all topped with garlicky yoghurt sauce

Gurdeep Loyal12 Oct

How to make pumpkin soup – recipe

A smooth and satisfying soup in nine easy steps

Felicity Cloake11 Oct

Indian Cafe Racer, Birmingham B5: ‘A good news tale for the local food scene’ – restaurant review

The cooking is sometimes bang on, sometimes a little slapdash, but then piques your interest all over again

Grace Dent11 Oct

Henry Harris’ recipe for tarte Vaudoise à la creme

This Swiss cream tart is a minor miracle but only needs a few ingredients

Henry Harris10 Oct

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for toffee apple Basque cheesecake

Crisp surface, creamy centre, spicy, sticky topping – my go-to dessert

Benjamina Ebuehi9 Oct

Cold comforts: the most satisfying autumn whites

As summer fades and our social and dining habits adapt to the cooling weather, so, too, should the white wine we drink. Here are some options best-suited to the season

Mina Holland8 Oct

SOS meals – the food to cook for friends that shows you care

After the death of my beloved dog, I’m thinking a lot about the role food plays in big life events – be they happy or sad

Felicity Cloake8 Oct

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cheese and bread balls

These highly crunchable cheesy bread balls are a great way to use up odds and ends

Rachel Roddy8 Oct

Tom Hunt’s recipe for fridge-raid minestrone, UK-style

A creative way to use up the bits you already have around, all while getting in a healthy mixture of vegetables and whole grains

Tom Hunt7 Oct

Roast chicken, congee and cookies: Ravinder Bhogal’s autumn squash recipes

Nutty in flavour and creamy in texture, autumn’s bounty of squash and pumpkin has many uses, both sweet and savoury

Ravinder Bhogal7 Oct

How to maximise the umami in mushrooms

Whether you sizzle, sweat, wet-fry or oven-cook, enhancing the savoury flavour of your mushrooms will depend on the variety, says our panel of fun guys

Anna Berrill6 Oct

Jose Pizarro’s recipe for poached pear and almond tart with PX caramel

This tart uses the richness of red vermut to bring together the sweet and the nutty for a flavour explosion

José Pizarro6 Oct

RSPCA NSW director quits over welfare standards for RSPCA-branded chicken

Mark Steele says he is ‘ashamed to be associated’ with the RSPCA Certified scheme, which badges 97% of chicken sold in Australia

Nick Visser6 Oct

The butter boom – how the world fell back in love with the glorious golden spread

It’s being sculpted for fashion parties, collected by tourists and hoarded in freezers. There are even entire shops devoted to it. What’s behind the revival of the much-maligned foodstuff?

Morwenna Ferrier6 Oct

Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for corn gado gado

A great way to pack in your vegetables, while adding pops of colour to your rotation of meals

Georgina Hayden5 Oct

How to make the perfect zuppa di cozze – recipe

A tomatoey, southern Italian alternative to moules marinière – but who makes the definitive version?

Felicity Cloake4 Oct

Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s, London W1: ‘Are chips ever worth £11? Probably not’ – restaurant review

The whole point of going to Claridge’s in the first place is to sweep in through the grand main hotel entrance

Grace Dent4 Oct

Nitrite-free bacon sales boom in UK amid fears over curing chemicals

Shoppers are switching from traditional product despite little evidence alternative is safer

Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent3 Oct